Dataset

Water resources quality data following extreme rainfall and floods in the Gaborone catchment, Upper Limpopo basin, Botswana

WaterBotswanaUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK CEH)

Dataset Objective

To understand the immediate effect of heavy rainfall and floods on water resources.

Context

Data covers the period between 2017 to 2018.

What is included

This dataset contains concentrations of total organic carbon, chloride, fluoride, bromine, sulfate, potassium, aluminium, calcium, iron, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel,copper, zinc, arsenic, selenium, molybdenum, cadmium, lead and stable water isotopes (?D and ?18O) for 25 groundwater and surface water sampling locations.

Collection Methods

Surveys - 25 groundwater and surface water sampling locations, surveyed over the period February 2017 to May 2018, immediately following Dineo floods.